10/03/2026
My Mamma made a voyage to Italy 🇮🇹 and stopped in Parma to check out some hams and cheese. Thank you for bringing me a chonk of Parm with amazing cheese crystals. Fun fact! These crystallizations in aged cheeses are calcium lactate crystals. In many aged cheeses, you’ll find these amazing lil crunchies that have a delightful burst of umami. To the untrained eye it looks like a problem. Good to know: white spots in aged cheeses that lie on or within the cheese are tasty friendlies. If you experience discoloration (grey, pink, green) on your cheese that lies on the surface and grows outside of the cheese ….🚨 that is mold and it is NOT the same.